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 Health workers holding theraputic peanut paste, used to treat children with S.A.M, at a hospital in Puntland, Somalia

Three easy ways to help children in East Africa

We all have the power to affect change. Let's use that power to take action for the 1.7 million children suffering from extreme hunger in East Africa.
 Nalishebo and Namonje in class. Photo: Malama Mwila / Save the Children

G20 need to stop kicking the can down the road

Girl playing with star shaped toy

Child poverty is about more than going without essentials

Child poverty reaches far beyond hunger. Discover how 4.5 million UK children face social exclusion, missed opportunities and lasting emotional impacts of growing up in poverty.

A little girl sits with an adult while she eats peanut paste - which will treat her child acute malnutrition

Child acute malnutrition: why it's preventable and what we're doing about it

Child acute malnutrition is entirely preventable – yet one child every minute develops severe acute malnutrition, driven by conflict, climate change and rising food prices. Discover why this crisis persists, the simple solutions that save lives, and how global political action and public campaigning can end child hunger for good.

A shot of the floor, with a person's feet in green trainers. A CV lies on the floor next to them.

Are We Delivering For Families?

Fiona King, Snr Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Save the Children, outlines findings of a new report into child poverty in Scotland with partners JRF.

Community Health Volunteer checks for swelling, a symptom of severe acute malnutrition while examining 11-month-old Emeyan.

Have you heard of S.A.M?

S.A.M stands for severe acute malnutrition and right now it's spreading across East Africa and devastating young lives. Luckily there is a cure.

one-year-old boy holds out his hand looking towards the camera

One boy’s road to recovery

A little boy holds your gaze. Half his face is blurred. And the headline reads STOP CHILDREN WASTING AWAY. But who is the young boy looking back at you?

A staff member at an outpatient therapeutic nutrition site in Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria, distributes packets of protein rich ready-to-use therapeutic food to the parents of malnourished children.

The power of peanuts: Stopping S.A.M in it's tracks

1.7m children in East Africa are at risk of death from S.A.M. Thankfully, there is a cure. A simple, cheap cure to start a child’s journey back to health.